Page 19 of Crushing On Dad's Best Friend
“Yes. I don’t want to pressure you in any way. I want you to come to this decision on your own. But I’ll be there, waiting, whatever youdecide.”
I look up at him as he stands, buttons his jacket, gives me a final, reassuring look, and turns to walkaway.
* * *
I turnthe business card over in my hands one more time before I decide what I need to do. Grabbing my phone from my purse where I’m sitting on the corner of my bed, I pull up Uber and request a car. My heart is thrumming in my chest, wild withanticipation.
As soon as my ride is confirmed, I slip out of my room, closing the door behind me as softly as possible. I send Kristen a quick text to let her know that I’m going to grab a drink at a bar nearby with Liam. I’m in the cab before I know it and then stepping out and thanking the driver just a few minutes later, getting an intense wave of deja-vu. I close the door behind me and look up at the cabin from the street. I take a deep breath, and after a moment, the light over the front door turns on and Liam appears frominside.
My breath is taken away. He’s changed out of his suit and is now dressed in gray slacks with a navy button-down that makes his intense green eyes look even more beautiful. But there’s something else in his expression now, a heated, lustful, possessive glint that nearly pins me to the ground. I keep walking toward him, hitching my purse higher on myshoulder.
“Come in,” he says, holding the door open and putting his hand out. He gives me a kiss on the cheek and I step past him to see the living room drenched in soft, crackling light. He had a fire going, making the entire house feel cozy in the cool, brisk spring evening. It’slovely.
When I turn to look at Liam again, the expression on his face tells me everything I need toknow.
“I want you, Liam. I do. But there’s part of me that wants to run away. A part of me that thinks this is too complicated. It was fun when it was just…fun…and I don’t want things to change. If this becomes something more, I’m afraid it won’t be this light, crazy thing we experienced one weekend. I’m afraid it’ll ruin your relationship with my parents, and I’m afraid of losing you as afriend.”
“I understand. But if there’s any part of you that doesn’t want to run away, then don’t. I want you, Katherine. I’ve already waited a long time for you, and I didn’t even know it. I’ll wait as long as you need, as long as I get to haveyou.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
He gives me a sexy, devilishsmile.
“Just for tonight, can we pretend it’s all wehave?”
“Yes, Katherine. And if you let me, I am going to fuck you so thoroughly and love you so hard that you’re going to think it’s your firsttime.”
“This…isgoing to be my first time,” I confess, tears welling at the corners of myeyes.
My cheeks heat up. He takes a big step toward me and I remain unmoving as my heart thunders in mychest.
“You are mine, Katherine. You are all.Mine.”
He puts his hand at the small of my back, pulls me against his hard body, takes a moment to look into my eyes, and crushes his mouth down onmine.
And, to my absolute amazement, there isn’t a hint of hesitation in hislips.
